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Winners and losers from F1's 2025 Saudi Arabian GP

Easy as you like? Well, no. Not only was the Jeddah race a brutal 50-lap sprint, but the lower-than-expected tyre wear also seemed to prevent McLaren from flexing its muscle. It meant Piastri had to work harder for his third win of the campaign than in China and Bahrain, especially…

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Mercedes laments "worst performance of the season" as George Russell's tyres ‘fell off a cliff’

Toto Wolff was left furious believing the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was the “worst performance of the year so far” for Mercedes.

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Wolff laments "worst performance of the season" for Mercedes in Jeddah

Toto Wolff was left furious believing the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was the “worst performance of the year so far” for Mercedes.

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Lewis Hamilton’s 32-second interview sums up his Saudi shocker

Lewis Hamilton was in no mood for questioning after a disappointing Saudi Arabian GP where he finished seventh.

Motorsport

Saudi’s first female racer welcomes a new future for Saudi motorsport at Qiddiya City

“I look at this as a blank canvas”, Reema Juffali says when she discusses not only helping to bring through the next generation of Saudi women racers but increasing motorsports participation in the region as a whole. She is clearly passionate about the subject as she talks with vigour –…

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Oscar Piastri storms to Saudi Arabian F1 GP win and now leads title race

McLaren driver’s win catapulted him 10 points clear in the title race after Max Verstappen paid the price for a first-lap penalty

The Guardian - UK

F1 Saudi Arabian GP: Piastri wins to take title lead as Verstappen gets penalty

Oscar Piastri took victory at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to move into the lead of the Formula 1 drivers’ championship.

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F1 Saudi Arabian GP: Oscar Piastri wins to take title lead as Max Verstappen gets penalty

Oscar Piastri took victory at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to move into the lead of the Formula 1 drivers’ championship.

Motorsport

F1: Oscar Piastri wins Saudi Arabian GP to lead drivers’ standings – as it happened

The Australian won his third race from five this season as Max Verstappen came second after a five-second penalty

The Guardian - UK

The Volkswagen Phaeton Had the Most Comically Overengineered Trunk

The Volkswagen Phaeton is a car you could never make again. It's a product of a very specific time and place, and the vision of the late Ferdinand Piëch, grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, then chairman of VW, and a man with a flare for complicated engineering. This was a Volkswagen…

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Analysis: Why Piastri wouldn’t have gained from using Verstappen’s two-lap quali strategy

Close, but no cigar.

Autosport

Max Verstappen claims Saudi GP F1 pole after Lando Norris hits the wall

Max Verstappen will start the F1 Saudi Arabia Gran Prix from pole position after a crash left Lando Norris 10th on grid

The Guardian - UK

Lando Norris crashes out of Saudi Arabia GP qualifying as Max Verstappen takes pole

Norris’ error left him out of a three-way fight for pole between Verstappen, Oscar Piastri and George Russell

The Independent UK

F1 Saudi Arabian GP: Max Verstappen grabs pole as Lando Norris crashes

Crisis? What crisis? Max Verstappen ended a week of misery for Red Bull by snatching pole position for the Saudia Arabian Grand Prix as Lando Norris’ self-confessed doubts proved accurate when the championship leader crashed out.

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Wolff not 'flirting' with Verstappen over potential Mercedes F1 switch

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff has revealed zero negotiations have been held with Max Verstappen, claiming he is “super happy” with his current driver pairing.

Motorsport

Toto Wolff not ‘flirting’ with Max Verstappen over Mercedes F1 switch

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff has revealed zero negotiations have been held with Max Verstappen, claiming he is “super happy” with his current driver pairing.

Autosport

F1 Saudi Arabian GP: McLaren 1-2 again as Norris tops Jeddah FP3

McLaren driver Lando Norris pipped team-mate Oscar Piastri to top final practice for the Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, while Mercedes' George Russell appeared to be the squad's closest competitor.

Motorsport

F1 Saudi Arabian GP: McLaren outpaces rivals by over 0.6s in FP3

McLaren driver Lando Norris pipped team-mate Oscar Piastri to top third practice in Jeddah, with Mercedes' George Russell appearing to be the squad's closest competitor.

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The Independent UK

Aston Martin ‘set to offer £226m for reigning F1 champion Max Verstappen’

Verstappen would reunite with star F1 designer Adrian Newey if he moved to Aston for 2026 and beyond

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Is Vowles right to advise Mercedes against signing Verstappen? Our writers have their say

James Vowles caused quite the stir on Friday at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix when the Williams Formula 1 boss suggested that Mercedes shouldn’t sign Max Verstappen.

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Is Vowles right about Verstappen to Mercedes? Our writers have their say

James Vowles caused quite the stir on Friday at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix when the Williams Formula 1 boss suggested that Mercedes shouldn’t sign Max Verstappen.

The Independent UK

F1 standings after Saudi Arabian GP as Oscar Piastri takes lead of world championship

Piastri won his second race in a row to take the lead of the world championship from Lando Norris

Evening Standard

Lando Norris sets pace in practice for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

McLaren on top as Red Bull continue to struggle

Evening Standard

Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2025: Start time, grid positions, how to watch F1 and weather forecast

Max Verstappen on pole in Jeddah, with Lando Norris down in 10th after crash in qualifying

The Independent UK

Lando Norris sets practice pace after Yuki Tsunoda crashes at Saudi Arabian GP

Championship leader Norris had the edge on McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri in the second practice

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